I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around. Ann Beattie atmospherecharacterimagery Change image and share on social
I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak. Ann Beattie bleakinordinately Change image and share on social
I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they're on target. Ann Beattie articulateconfusiondisappointment Change image and share on social
I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality. Ann Beattie adventureanswerclose Change image and share on social
Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other. Ann Beattie agentconversationhollywood Change image and share on social
If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. Ann Beattie bookcallfavorite Change image and share on social
Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits. Ann Beattie assumelimitwriter Change image and share on social
